Word: stadiumitis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...game 35,000 spectators, the biggest crowd ever to watch a sport event in South Carolina, jammed the stadium. The grimmest man present was big Rex Enright, Carolina's coach. His team had lost every game this season. If he lost on Big Thursday, he and everybody else in South Carolina knew that he'd better begin looking for another job. Before the end of the first quarter, Enright's team was behind, 13-0, and the Clemson stands were calling for their boys to pour...
...varsity football team won its first game of the 1949 season yesterday by coming from behind in the second half to defeat Holy, Cross, 22 to 14, before 19,000 Stadium eye-witnesses...
...teams had never before come up to the game without at least one previous victory, but despite their poor records there was a certain tenseness in the Stadium. Something had to give; it turned out to be the Holy Cross defense...
Holy Cross did not work out here yesterday, the usual visiting team procedure. Most of the Crusaders are quite familiar with the Stadium and the squad will drive over from Worcester shortly before game time...
Today's is a battle between two teams neither of which has as yet fully realized its offensive potentialities. This afternoon they may find themselves in a situation which appears unprecedented in the 45-year span the series has covered. It is likely that the Stadium crowd (smallest of the season) will see a good deal of action as one of these teams finally gets rolling...